23rd November 2023
University declines to comment on senior professor who collaborates with the centre The Glasgow Guardian has found previously unreported tight connections between a senior UofG professor and a Chinese military research centre. This follows a Civitas thinktank report which named the University among many of the UK’s top academic institutions which accepted millions of pounds ...
23rd November 2023
Following a ballot of members, further strikes by the University and College Union are unable to go ahead because of an insufficient turnout for their ballot. A ballot of members of the University and College Union (UCU) has failed to return a mandate for further strike action. The result of the ballot was made public ...
23rd November 2023
The timetable for winter exams has revealed that a significant number remain online despite covid restriction being lifted. A large number of exams scheduled for this December will take place online despite the majority of covid restrictions being lifted. Data from the timetable shows that online exams remain the majority in some schools, with an ...
23rd November 2023
Co-leader of the Scottish Green Party, Patrick Harvie speaks with The Glasgow Guardian on environmental policies, regrets in his career and the importance of young people in politics. When I asked Patrick Harvie whether he felt hopeful about the upcoming COP28 summit, starting this month, he said that “might be putting it a little too ...
23rd November 2023
Newly-appointed boss of Wales’ only Russell Group uni admits international students subsidise home students. In an interview with the BBC, the newly-appointed Vice-Chancellor and President of Cardiff University Wendy Larner emphasised the dire financial situation that UK universities are finding themselves in. “With our home students, the fees don’t cover the cost of their education, ...
23rd November 2023
President Charlotte Duffus and awareness coordinator Katia Hadjidemetriou Folman discuss STAR’s efforts to counter the hellscape that is the UK asylum system, as well as the moments of joy which punctuate it. Under international law, there is no such thing as an illegal refugee. The 1951 Refugee Convention guarantees everyone the right to apply for ...
23rd November 2023
The Scottish Government’s eviction ban legislation includes loopholes which could be used to unfairly evict student tenants. A loophole in the Scottish Government’s eviction ban could be used to evict students from their tenancies. The legislation, which was introduced in October 2022, caps in-tenancy rent increases at 3% per year and pauses evictions in most ...
23rd November 2023
Young people are becoming increasingly disillusioned with politics – why is this happening, and what can we do to change it? For as long as I can remember, I have been political. My “political awakening” happened in 2014, after the announcement made by former Justice Secretary Chris Grayling that there would be cuts to legal ...
23rd November 2023
Austerity can be numbing; but we cannot allow that to lead to inaction over a lifeline service – our NHS. Admittedly, I have become numb to the mainstream media’s vernacular associated with the NHS under 13 years of Conservative rule. Whether that’s cuts to the budget year on year, or a classic Daily Mail front ...
23rd November 2023
A look into the hostile environment that has been created towards refugees and asylum seekers in the UK and the role of NGOs in combatting it Painting over Mickey Mouse murals might seem like the most minute of government actions to get fussy about. But immigration minister Robert Jenrick’s instructions to get rid of the ...
